11983939

Changing Vehicle Configuration Based on Vehicle Storage Compartment Contents

PublishedMay 14, 2024
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2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the camera memorizing the background image with respect to the compartment prior to detecting the event.

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3. The method of claim 1, wherein driving the vehicle to a customer location comprises manually driving the vehicle to the customer location.

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4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before driving the vehicle to the customer location, monitoring the compartment to confirm that the compartment is empty, and if the compartment is not empty, notifying a human operator in order to autonomously return the vehicle to the store or warehouse for unloading.

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6. The method of claim 1, wherein the background image is inside the visible light spectrum and visible to a human eye.

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7. The method of claim 1, wherein the background image is outside the visible light spectrum.

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8. The method of claim 1, wherein the screen image is only provided on the localized region of the compartment, and not other regions of the compartment.

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9. The method of claim 1, wherein the localized region of the compartment comprises a planar surface of the compartment.

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11. The method of claim 10, wherein a camera memorizing a background image permeated on an interior surface of the compartment comprises a machine-learning camera learning spectral, spatial, and temporal features of the background image.

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12. The method of claim 10, wherein a camera memorizing a background image permeated on an interior surface of the compartment comprises a machine-learning camera memorizing a background image that is outside the visible light spectrum.

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14. The vehicle of claim 13, wherein instructions configured to cause the camera to memorize the background image comprise instructions configured to cause the camera to learn spectral, spatial, and temporal features of a principal feature or a pattern of the background image.

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May 14, 2024

Inventors

David SCHMIDT
Richard A. KREDER

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